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Activists protest President Donald Trump's military action in Venezuela on Jan. 6, 2026 in Pasadena, California. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP via Getty Images)

MAGA wants to be a colonial power

Sophia Tesfaye

First Venezuela, now Greenland: Trump is promoting an international Manifest Destiny updated for the 21st century

A United States and Christian flag are sandwiched together (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Sorry, GOP. There's no Christian revival

Amanda Marcotte

Republicans are betting the midterms on mass conversions that aren't happening

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Trump's Surgeon General pick is "grift"

Russell Payne

Casey Means’ promotion of supplements and pseudoscience worry medical professionals

resident Donald Trump takes questions from the press in the Oval Office on Nov. 18, 2025. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

US races into autocratic new year

Shelley Inglis - The Conversation

What does this transition from a liberal America in the world to an autocratic U.S. look like?

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

RFK's vaccine changes spark backlash

Jelinda Montes

Numerous vaccines were removed from the childhood immunization schedule in a historic move led by RFK Jr.

Trump supporters near the  U.S Capitol, on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. Trump supporters had gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Shay Horse/Getty Images)

WH accuses Dems of J6 "insurrection"

Alex Galbraith

The Trump administration attacked Democrats on the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6 riots

Nicolas Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/Getty Images)

Feds admit "terrorist" cartel isn't real

Jelinda Montes

US officials took a Venezuelan phrase for corrupt leaders as a real organization, accusing Maduro of being its head

Matt Damon as Odysseus in "The Odyssey" (Universal Pictures)

Will 2026 bring back the blockbuster?

Coleman Spilde

Audiences are seeking lively shared experiences with their fellow moviegoers — and redefining success along the way

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Overnight, U.S. forces struck multiple targets in Venezuela and captured its president and his wife to face charges in the U.S, leaving a fire at Fuerte Tiuna, Venezuela's largest military complex as the sun rose. (STR / Getty Images)

After Venezuela, who's next?

Heather Digby Parton

Trump's threats against Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Greenland must be taken seriously

President Donald Trump returns to the White House on Jan. 4, 2025. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

An exhausted strongman invades Venezuela

Chauncey DeVega

Trump's political style requires force and swagger. His "splendid little war" was meant to prove he still has both

President Donald Trump's supporters gather outside the Capitol building in Washington D.C. on January 06, 2021. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

We learned nothing from Jan. 6

Russell Payne

Evidence Trump tried to overturn the election 5 years ago is “overwhelming.” There haven't been any consequences

Micki Witthoeft, mother of Ashli Babbitt, holds a photograph of her late daughter who was killed in the January 6 insurrection, while talking on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The making of a MAGA martyr

Jennifer Gerson - The 19th

Ashli Babbitt became proof to Trump and his followers that women need protection

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President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, speaks to the press following U.S. military actions in Venezuela on Jan. 3, 2026. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

The mass media's blind spot on Venezuela

Sophia Tesfaye

Iraq-era mistakes of blind deference by the mainstream press are back

Nicolas Maduro is seen in handcuffs after landing at a Manhattan helipad, escorted by heavily armed Federal agents as they make their way into an armored car en route to a Federal courthouse in Manhattan on January 5, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by XNY/Star Max/Getty Images)

Maduro pleads not guilty

Alex Galbraith

The deposed Venezuelan president maintained his innocence and asserted that he's still his country's leader

Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaks at a rally to kick off his "Driving Forward" Blue Wall Bus Tour at the KI convention center on October 14, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Jim Vondruska/Getty Images)

Walz bows out amid fraud claims

Alex Galbraith

The governor of Minnesota shared that he won't seek re-election in 2026

Chopped garlic (Michelle Lee Photography / Getty Images )

In defense of jarred garlic

Ashlie D. Stevens

Embrace the shortcuts that let you feed yourself well — without shame or snobbery

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MAGA influencer Nick Shirley speaks during a roundtable discussion on antifa at the White House on Oct. 8, 2025. ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

MAGA sex weirdness fuels day care hoax

Amanda Marcotte

The racism underlying MAGA's latest obsession is intertwined with misogyny

Woman voting on election day (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

Trump election agenda aimed at midterms

Votebeat staff - Votebeat

Trump administration’s election policy agenda, redistricting, proof of citizenship, and more will resonate in 2026

Katie Miller, White House aide and wife of Trump senior adviser Stephen Miller, posted a tweet that garnered international attention for its imperialistic inference. (Shannon Finney / Getty Images)

Greenland in US "SOON" says Katie Miller

CK Smith

Trump aide’s post drew international attention as global leaders reacted to escalating US foreign policy moves

BTS is reuniting after their mandated military service. Their "ARMY" is literally counting down the days to the new album and tour. (Noam Galai / Getty Images)

BTS confirms long-awaited return

CK Smith

After completing South Korea’s required military service, the group prepares to reunite and resume full activities

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a Cabinet meeting, July 8, 2025. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Rubio won't rule out Cuba strike

Alex Galbraith

Trump's Cabinet is not shying away from the president's chatter about war in Latin America

President Trump's New Year's Eve Gala included an auction of a painting of Jesus painted live at the event. He offered to sign it too. (Jim WATSON / Getty Images)

Trump auctions Jesus painting for $2.75m

CK Smith

The live-painted portrait sold for $2.75 million at Mar‑a‑Lago, again blending art, faith and political theater

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway in "The Devil Wears Prada 2" (20th Century Studios)

3 sequels you can't miss (and 3 to skip)

Coleman Spilde

From "The Devil Wears Prada" to "The Hunger Games," here are the films that'll avoid a chronic case of sequelitis

James Carville speaks onstage during the 2019 Politicon at Music City Center on October 26, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Politicon )

Carville: Venezuela coup is smokescreen

Alex Galbraith

The commentator said Donald Trump is throwing up desperate distractions from the Epstein Files

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